Climate averages 1991–2020
Thohoyandou weather
in April.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 8th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a warm month in Thohoyandou: daytime highs average 25.1°C and nights cool to about 15.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 47 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 35 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Louis Trichardt (61 km away). In April its highs average 25.3°C, about as warm as Thohoyandou, with 21 mm of rain.
Among the 95 cities listed in South Africa, Thohoyandou ranks joint 10th of 95 for the warmest April highs and joint 67th of 95 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 95 cities is 23.1°C; Thohoyandou is 1.9°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 1.4°C to 23.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 47 mm to 24 mm.
The annual picture
April in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Thohoyandou climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.5°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 179 | 15.4 | 13.413 h |
| February | 27.4°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 156 | 13.5 | 12.913 h |
| March | 26.8°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 97 | 12.6 | 12.212 h |
| April, selected | 25.1°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 47 | 8.3 | 11.612 h |
| May | 23.7°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 24 | 4.4 | 11.011 h |
| June | 21.8°C10.4°C | 10.4°C | 15 | 3.0 | 10.711 h |
| July | 21.2°C9.8°C | 9.8°C | 21 | 4.1 | 10.911 h |
| August | 23.9°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 17 | 3.6 | 11.311 h |
| September | 26.5°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 36 | 6.0 | 11.912 h |
| October | 27.3°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 55 | 9.5 | 12.613 h |
| November | 27.7°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 120 | 12.4 | 13.213 h |
| December | 27.7°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 161 | 14.5 | 13.514 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
April in nearby cities
- Louis Trichardt in AprilSouth Africa · 61 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 15.4°C · 21 mm rain
- Phalaborwa in AprilSouth Africa · 130 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 17.6°C · 20 mm rain
- Polokwane in AprilSouth Africa · 149 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 13.0°C · 39 mm rain
- Mokopane in AprilSouth Africa · 205 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 14.0°C · 32 mm rain
- Mbombela in AprilSouth Africa · 286 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 14.7°C · 53 mm rain
- Bela Bela in AprilSouth Africa · 311 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 13.6°C · 35 mm rain
- Somaroboro in AprilSouth Africa · 315 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 12.2°C · 30 mm rain
- Ressano Garcia in AprilMozambique · 317 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 19.0°C · 30 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Thohoyandou) is explained once on the Thohoyandou year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.